THE POSTAL POWER OF CONGRESS

A STUDY IN CONSTITUTIONAL EXPANSION

BY

LINDSAY ROGERS

A DISSERTATION

Submitted to the Board of University Studies of The Johns
Hopkins University in Conformity with the Requirements

for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy

1915

BALTIMORE

CONTENTS

PAGE

PREFACE

vii

CHAPTER

9

CHAPTER

I. Introductory: The Antecedents of the

Power

II. The Power of Congress to Establish

Postoffices

Expansion of Facilities

Collectivist Activities

Postal Crimes

26

26

33

36

CHAPTER III. The Power of Congress to Establish

Postroads

61

61

Legislative Action

Judicial Determinations .

80

Postroads

150

Federal Ownership of Railroads 150

Postal Telegraphs and Telephones 156

CHAPTER VII. The Extension of Federal Control

Through Exclusion From the Mails 158

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